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M htm OFFER
M?Y BE AOQEPTED.
The Morris Amendment Debated
in Congress.
"Washington, Jan. 8.-The debate
upon the Nicaragua canal bill in the
house today developed sentiment in
favor of giving consideration to the
recent offer of the Panama company to
fiell its francises and property for $40,
60O.OOO. and this sentiment took the
form of advocating the Morris amend
ment to empower the president to se?
lect the latter route if the canal com?
mission, upon considering the compa?
ny's offer, recommends it and the re
??ni red concessions can be obtained
rom Colombia..- Of 1? members who
Spoke nine favored the Morris amend
* ment. It was agreed that general de?
bate should close tomorrow at 2
O'clock, after which the bili will be
<?fr>n to amendment under the five
minute rule. . The final vote probably
will be taken- tomorrow. The speak?
ers tods y were .Messrs.. Shackleford,
Mis ouri ; .Parker, New Jersey ; Lover?
ing, Massachusetts; Morris. Minne?
sota: Burton*. Ohio; Hill, Connecti?
cut : Bromweli, Ohio ; Gillett, Massa?
chusetts : and Littlejohn, Maine, in
favor of the Morris, amendment ; and
Messrs. Burgess,. Texas ; Bell, Colo?
rado:. Cooney, .Missouri ; Cummings,
Kew York. ; Gibson, Tennessee; and
Lacy, Iowa, for the bill in its present
form
Mr. Shackleford of Missouri believed
that the Eads Tehuantepec route was
preferable to .any which had been pro
pos^d. but he did not think the pres
eut a time lor caviL He did not like
the Panama- route, but if the new
proposition of the Panama company
offered advantages over the Nicaragua
route, he thought the president should
have alternative authority : to accept
it
"If you favor thia bill," interposed
Mr. Bartholdi of. Missouri, * ' why is
it. that you and your- Democratic col?
leagues fromt-Missouri at the last ses?
sion voted against ? similar bill?"
"Because,!' replied Mr. Shackleford,
"toe bi :1 at the last session ' was pass?
ed through ibis hou3e to the. tune of
rGod Save, the ; Queen.' I want it
passed to the sweet ..strains of 'Hail
Columbia.' (.Democratic applause).
"But the Hay-Panneefote treaty
w*s not ratified; at the last session, "
Observed Mr; Bartholdi
"True it was., not," replied Mr.
Shackleford, ? but our English secre?
tary cf state wanted it ratified, and
because we believed tho wishes of her
majesty's representative in the cabinet
would prevail we opposed the bilL"
.Mr. Lovering of Massachusetts,
?Iso a member of the committee that
reported the bill, said that in the past
be had favored the Nicaragua route
because the engineers had reported in
its favor and because until recently
he bad believed that the trans-conti?
nental railroads were using the Pana?
ma route to obstruct action. But he
had recently satisfied himself that the
railroads were not behind the Panama
canal. The recent offer of the Pana?
ma company, he believed, was made
?n good faith.
If the Panama Canal Company had
Offered its property and concessions
to the Isthmian Canal Commission
before it prepared its report, for the
ffnm of ?40,000,000, it is altogether
probable that preference would have
been given to that route. But Mr.
Iru in could not resist the temptation
to try to drive a sharp bargain and his
preposterous demand foi- $109,000,000
turned the scale decisively in favor of
the Nicaragua route. Now the com?
pany, having unloaded Mr. Hutin,
is eager to accept the smaller sum.
Admiral Waiker, president of the com?
mission, admits that the new offer puts
a different aspect on the canal ques?
tion. But the Nicaragua route has
received such an impetus from the
course of Mr. Hutin that it is^ still
doubtful whether the question of the
route will now be reconsidered. Cer?
tainly the Panama company missed its
best opportunity by failing to name
a. reasonable sum at first.-Courier
Journal.
- MIIITi- -n IM ?miBMtm
Mrs. Mciver Dead.
At 1.15 yesterday Acting Chief Jus?
tice Pope announced to the supreme
court the receipt of a telegram convey?
ing the sad intelligence of the death
CS the esteemed wife of Chief Justice
Henry Mciver, which had occurred at
her home in Cheraw during the morn?
ing. On motion of Messrs. P. H.
Gadsden ana J. F. Izlar the court
immediately a took a recess.
Jucige and Mrs. Mciver were mar?
ried June 7, 1849. Mrs. Mcivers
maiden name was Caroline H. Powe.
Sie was a daughter of Dr. Thomas j
E. Powe, of Cheraw, who served a I
BU m ber of years in the State senate
of Benth Carolina. They had eight
children, three of whom survive.
Two of the children are Mr. Edward
Mciver and the wife of Judge R. C.
Waits, both of Cheraw. One daughter
married the late Edwin F. Malloy and
another became the wife of James D.
Harden. The third surviving mem?
ber of the family is Mr. Thomas Mc?
iver who is in the railroad business in
Charleston.
In 1899 Judge and Mrs. Mciver cel?
ebrated their golden wedding.-The
State, Jan. 10.
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An Opportunity for Farmers.
Pomaria, S. C., Jan. 2. -The spring
meeting of the above society will be
held in the Auditorium on the Expo?
eition Grounds. Charleston, on the
5th day of February next, at 12
o'clock m.
In consequence of this meeting, this
day L as been sot aside by the Exposi?
tion authorities as "Farmers' Day,"
and the general attendance of the
farmers of the State is expected.
In addition to the interest attaching
to the meeting and the Exposition,
the Good Roads Convention will con?
vene in Charleston on the 'id and con?
tinue through the 7th, February next,
and those attending the meetings of
the Society can also take in the meet?
ings of the Good Roads Congress. This
will be quite an interesting convention
and one well worth the attendance of
all farmers. All members aro urgent?
ly invited to attend.
Thos. W. Holloway,
Secretary.
The kangaroo walk has gone ont of
style, and as yet it has been impossi?
ble to find an animal that is ridiculous
enough to set a new style for the
kangaroo girls. I
Schley Appeals to the President
The Admirai Working Hard to Re?
verse Judgment of Court.
Washington, Jan. 7.-The object of
Admiral's Schley's visit to the White
House vesterdav was to request the
president to entertain and consider an
appeal for the reversal of the action
of Secretary Lone and the disapproval
of the majority judgment of the court
of inquiry. The interview^ was satis?
factory, the president granting the ad?
miral's request. Messrs. Raynor and
Teague today will assist Admiral
Schley in the preparation of the ap?
peal.
The interview with the president was
arranged in advance and at its conclu?
sion Admiral Schley left the White
House in a satisfied frame of mind.
He had been given a full opportunity
to present the case from his standpoint
and to acquaint the president with
many details of which the latter could
not have any knowledge. While Admi?
ral Schley would not make any stiate
ment regarding the matters discussed,
holding that an interview between a
naval offier and his commander in
chief should be regarded as confident?
ial, it is understood that he brought to
the president's attention many of the
alleged injustices an discrepancies of
the majority report of the court of in?
quiry.
Admiral Schley's interview with the
president was the result of his deter?
mination to exhaust every means in his
power to overturn the judgment which
has been rendered against him. His
new appeal will be different from that
submitted to the navy department
bringing out some new facts which
have an important bearing upon the
controversy.
Messrs. Ravnor and Teague,, counsel
for Rear Admiral Schley, came over
from Baltimore and were closeted for
several hours with their client.
The following statement was given
out by Admiral Schley's counsel at
the conclusion of the conference.
' ' Admiral Schley has concluded; af?
ter mature and careful deliberation,
to appeal from the-majority report of
the court of inquiry to the president
of the United States as commander in j
chief of the army and navy. This ac?
tion having been determined upon,
nothing more can be divulged at this
time, the regulations of the navy be?
ing such that the-nature of the pro?
posed appeal cannot be revealed except
by the president after - formal docu?
ments have been filed with him."
Mr. Raynor stated that it will take
some time to prepare the appeal -and
that it will not be filed with the presi?
dent until after ihe return of Admiral
Schley from his visit to Savannah,
about the 20th inst.
Attempted Assault in Reidsville.
The Fiend Shot and Captured and
Now in Jail.
Spartanburg, Jan. 9.-Today at
Reidsville a negro, giving as his name
B. W. Hughes from Greenville, made
attempts to criminally assault two lit?
tle white school children and also to
assault Mrs. E. M. Fowler of that
place.
This morning the negro accosted the
two little white girls as they were on
their way to school, but they ran and
screamed, thus baffling his purpose.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the same
negro entered the home of Mrs; E. M.
Fowler and attempted to lay hands on
her, but her instant screams summon?
ed a man working near by, at whose
approach the black fiend fled.
Mrs. Fowler's son, C. 0. Fowler,
started in search of the' fugitive. He
soon found bim in a lonely spot and
the two grappled. The negro assault?
ed Fowler with an iron rod. Fowler
drew his pistol and shot the negro in
the neck. His capture was then easy.
The negro is now in lock up at
Reidsville and will be brought here
tomorrow. He got badly wounded.
Reidsville is much excited, but no
disorder prevails.
THE PEOPLE RULE.
The Washington Post of yesterday
says that there is a concerted move?
ment on foot to compel Congress to
call a convention to amend the Consti?
tution of the United States. Article
5 of the Constitution provides that
"Congress, whenever two-thirds of
both houses shall deem it necessary,
shall propose amendments to tnis
Constitution, or, in the application of
the Legislatures of two-thirds of the
several States, shall cali a convention
for proposing amendments, which, in
either case, shall be valid to all in?
tents and purposes as parts of this
Constitution when ratified by the
Legislatures of three-fourths of the
several States. "
The Post says that six States have
already officially notified Congress
through their Legislatures that a
Constitutional Convention is desired.
These States are Michigan, Colorado,
Montana, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada.
In addition it was recently announced
that in the Massachusetts Legislature
the chairman of the Democratic State
Committee had introduced a resolu?
tion asking Congress to call a Consti?
tutional Convention.
It is hardly necessary to say that
the object which these States have in
a view is to amend the Constitution
so as to provide that United States
Senators in Congress shall be elected
by direct vote of the poeple.
Of course, it is net desirable to
have such a Constitutional Conven?
tion, but if the United States still
refuses, in opposition to a widespread
demand, to take the initiative and
submit to the people an amendment
providing for this change, the Legis?
latures of the several States may take
matters into their own hands.- -Rich?
mond Times.
A GOOD ?OCOMHElTEATIOtf.
i-I have noticed that tlie sale on Cham?
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets is
almost invariably to those who have once
used them," says Mr J H Weber, a promi?
nent druggist of Cascade. Iowa. What
better recommendation could any medi?
cine have than for people to call for it
when again in need of such a remedy *:
Try them when you feel dull after eating,
when you have a had taste in the month,
feel billious, have no appetite or when
troubled with constipation, and you are
certain to be delighted with the prompt
relief which they afford. For sale by Dr
A J China.
CENSUS DEPARTMENT DISCUSSED.
Permanent Bureau to be Institut?
ed-To Reduce Force.
Washington, Jan. IO.-The bouse
spent the day considering the Hopkins
bill to create a permanent census bu?
rean. While the general sentiment
was in favor of a permanent bureau
there was strong opposition to the
bill as drawn on the ground that it
was not well matured. There also was
an overwhelming demand for a pro?
vision to place the present employes
of the census bureau under the protec?
tion of the civil service law and the
bili was finally recommitted with in?
structions to report back a bill con?
taining a plan for a detailed organiza?
tion of a permanent census bureau to
include also a provision to place the
present employes under hte civil ser?
vice rules. The fight tc recommit wras
made under the leadership of Mr.
Burkett, of Nebraska, the new member
of the appropriations committee.
A bill was unanimously passed to
give Mrs. McKinley the free mailing
privilege during the remainder of her
life. The house then adqjourned until
Monday.
In the discussion of the census bill,
Mr. Hopkins of Illinois said that
3,480 clerks had been employed in the
bureau, 2,700 being still employed.
If the pending bill' passed, he said,
the force would be reduced this vear
to 800: next year to 750, in 1905 to 240,
and thereafter until 1910 " to 200. He
was besieged by members who wanted
to know the status of the present
clerks in the event of the passage of
the bill. He said if the bill passed it
was hoped the other departments
could absorb the present temporary
clerks. They could then be placed
under the protection of th6 civil ser?
vice rules.
Mr. Burkett, of Nebaska, opposed
the bill, saying it had not been ma?
tured. He pointed out that a salary
of $7,500. was voted to the director of
census on the ground of the temporary
character of the employment and the
great responsibility. This - bill pro?
posed to continue this salary, f?e
pointed out that the experts whose
services it was claimed was so neces?
sary to retain had been detailed from
the various departments.
Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, opposed in
toto the plan of a permanent census
bureau.
Mr. Fleming, of Georgia, and others
discussed the bill and Mr. Hemenway
of Indiana offered an amendment to
provide that persons now employed in
the census bureau not including jani?
tors snail be eligible to appointment
in other departments' wthout examina
ton or certification by the civil service
commission upon the recommendation
of the head of such department.
The Hemenway amendment was
adopted. The bill was then recommit?
ted and the house adjourned.
Children Especially Liable.
Burns, bruises and cuts are extremely
painful and if neglected often- result in
blood poisoning. Children are especially
liable to such mishaps because not so
careful. As a remedy Dewitt's Witch
Hazel Salve is unequalled. Draws out the
fire, stops the pain, soon heals the wound.
Beware of counterfeits. Sure cure for
piles. "Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured
my baby of eczema after two physicians
gave her up," writes James Mock, N
Webster, Ind. "The sores were so bad she
soiled two to five dresses a day." J S
Hughson & Co.
DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW.
New York, Jan. 10.-R. G. Dun &
Co's. Weekly Review of Trade tomor?
row will say: Of the unprecedented
holiday business ended, transporting
facilties are more nearly adequate for
regular requirements. Merchandise
moves to consumers more promptly,
and in the iron region there is less in?
terruption to work because of insuffi?
cient fuel. Normal conditions have
by no means returned, however, and
it will be some time before shippers
can safely guarantee deliveries on a
specified date. Buying of staple
commodities is on a large scale, fully
sustaining quotations at a high level,
except in the few instances where
efforts were made to hold prices above
the point warranted by the ratio of
needs to supplies. Labor controver?
sies are few and unimportant, wh?e
the new year has brought advances in
the rate of wages at many points.
Holiday idleness, inventories and
annual overhaulings were all cut down
to the lowest possible limit at iron
and steel plants in the effort to meet
urgent demands from customers. Al?
though railways largely augmented
supplies of rolling stock during 1901,
contracts for this year's delivery al?
ready aggregate many months full ca?
pacity of shops.
Activity continues at cotton mills,
although domestic buying is on a
moderate scale. Exporters are bid?
ding freely for heavy goods, but as a |
rule fall short of holders' views, and
little new business is recorded.
Reports of unfavorable weather in
winter wheat regions stimulated
prices, and there was further support
in the general resumption of activity
at flour mills, together with added in?
quiry for foreign account.
Corn was fairly well held in sympa?
thy with wheat, but some soft spots
developed, as was natural in view of
the fact that the price is now more
than HO per cent, higher than a year
ago. Cotton was depressed by liberal
receipts, though foreign conditions
have improved, and the quotation is
almost $10 a bale lower than at this
time last year.
Failures for The week numbered 573 |
in the United States against 324 last j
year, and '2~ in Canada against .">" last
vea r.
Washington, Jan. 10. The sub-corn- ?
mittee <>f the senate committee on com?
merce having charge of the ship subsidy
bill spent about three hours today in
going over the report on that bill
which has been prepared by Senator
Frye. The report is a very volumi?
nous document and the sub-committee
decided to have it printed before act?
ing upon it. It is expected that it will
bb accepted at a meeting of the sub?
committee which will be held early
next week, and Senator Frye hopes to
secure the favorable action of the full
committee when it meets next Thurs?
day. The report includes a careful
analysis of the bill and explains in
great detail the effects of its various
provisions.
TOBACCO CULTURE SUCCESSFUL
Fiiiers and Wrappers Raised in U.
S. are as Good as Any.
Washinilton, Jan. 10.-At the cabi?
net meeting today Secretary Wilson
explained what had been done by his
departments in the way of experiments
in raising tobacco. He stated that it
had been fnlly demonstrated that we
could raise in this countrvy all the
wrapper tobacco necessary for domestic
use and of a quality second to none.
In every particular it was as fine as
could be grown in Cuba or any other
country. Last year 10 acres of filler
tobacco had been successfully raised
in Pennsylvania of a very high grade,
and during the coming, season exten?
sive experiments would be made in
raising high grade filler in Ohio,
Texas, North Carolina and California.
Last year the imports of wrapper to?
bacco into the Uinted States amount?
ed to 86,000,000 and of filler $8,000,
000. In a short time the secretary
said we would be able to supply our
own wrapper and filler of a grade that
would challenge the best grown any?
where in the world.
A few prospective appointments
were talked over and it is understood
that the only one decided upon was
that of Mr. Elliott, collector of cus?
toms at Newport News, Va., the pres?
ent occupant of that office.
YIELD OF WHEAT.
Washington, Jan. 10.-The statisti?
cian of the department of agriculture
estimates the average yield per acre of
wheat in the United States in 1901 at
14.8 bushels, as compared with 12 3
bushels in 1900, 12.3 bushels in 1899,
15.3 bushels, the mean of the averages
of the last 10 years.
The newly seeded area of winter
wheat is provisionally estimated at j
32,000,000 acres, an increase of 58 per
cent, upon the area estimated to have
been sown in the fall of 1900.
A Warning From New York.
In his first message to the Board of
Aldermen, Mayor Seth Low referred
to the - Tammany system of govern?
ment as a system of 1' blackmail" and
"shakedown" and"rake-off," calling
for the illegitimate payment of money
at every turn. This system existed
for so long under Tammany rule that
the officials of government actually
came tc be!'eve that it was perfectly
right and proper for those who had
charge of the government to use the
public revenues and all other advan?
tages of position to put money into
their purses. Public office with these
people was legitimate spoil, and this
man and that was privately "assess?
ed," and the general public taxed for
the enrichment of the officers and
their friends.
But this vicious system is not con?
fined to New York. It is openly
charged in the city of Richmond that
members of the Council have used heir
official position for the promotion of
their own selfish schemes, and other?
wise for profit to themselves. We do
not make this charge, because we have
no proof to sustain it, and it is most
difficult to obtain absolute proof in a
case of this character. But the Rich?
mond City Council should be above
suspicion, and if the people of this
community would save their govern?
ment from the "rake-off" and "shake?
down" system, they must select as
their representatives men who are
known to be honest and patriotic, and
bomb-proof against the wiles of the
bribe-giver.
? If we tolerate in any form this
vicious system, or if we tolerate
councilmen who are reasonably under
suspicion, be sure the system will
grow apace, and the number of coun?
cilmen who believe in the "rake-off
and shake-down" will increase from
year to year until the system will be
as well established in Richmond as it
was established under Tammany rule
in New York.-Richmond Times.
"Uncle TomVFabifFNot Wanted
in Lexington.
Lexington, Ky., Jan. 10.-Lexing?
ton chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, has sent a written peti?
tion to Charles B. Scott, manager of
the Lexington opera house, asking that
the play, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" never
be played again in* the opera house
here. Thev give as reasons that the
-best citizens and old families in and
about Lexington were once slave own?
ers; that the incidents of "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" are not typical of the
slave life in the south but of isolated
cases: that the production and its
advertisements with bloodhounds and
pictures of an old negro in chains and
a slave owner with a whip in hand
present a false idea of the history of
the times to the children of the city
and are in disrespect to the southern
gentlemen and good citizens and their
families in this part of the country.
The petition was signed by four of
the most prominent women of the
chapter and is endorsed unanimously
by the mothers. It bas created a
sensation here.
A Profitable Investment.
"I was troubled for about seven years
with my stomach and in bed half my
time." says E Demick, Somerville, Ind. "I
spent about $1.000 and never could get
anything to help me until I tried Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. I have taken a few bot?
tles and am entirely well." Yon don't live
by what you eat, but by what you digest
and assimilate. If your stomach doesn't
digest your food you are really starving.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does the stomach's*
work by digesting the food. You don't
have to diet. Eat all you want. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure cares all stomach trou?
bles. J S Hughson &. Co.
A remarkable shell of a new type
that has just been introduced into
the German army is stated to be re?
ceiving the close attention of the Brit?
ish war office. By the introduction of
a cartridge composed of amorphous
phosphorous into the ordinary charge
of smokeless powder a thick white
smoke is emitted when thi'shell bursts,
this showing the gunners, even at the
greatest distance, how close the pro?
jectile has gone to the enemy's posi?
tion. By increasing the proportion of
this chemical, an operation which
does not lessen the bursting effect, it
is held to be possible to deposit in
front of the enemy's position a thick
wall of white smoke, which for many
seconds will altogether obliterate his
view of the filed.
?Ar. Hill Commended.
Fargo, N. D., Jan. 10.-The fea?
tures of the Tri-State Grain and Cat?
tle Growers' convention here today
were the address of President James
J. Hill and the practical unanimous
adoption of resolutions recommending
him for "his work in behalf of the
northwest. These resolutions, after
declaring the most natural line of
transportation for the x>roducts of the
northwestern States and for the trade
of the Orient destined for the north,
middle and eastern States, is along the
route followed by the Northern Pa?
cific railroad, proceeds as follows:
"It is the sense of this meeting,
therefore, that in resisting the at?
tempts of the Union Pacific railroad 1
and its allies on the one hand and j
the Canadian Pacific railroad and its |
feeders on the other, to secure control
of the Northern Pacific railroad, I
James J. Hill has performed a nota?
ble public service and once more dis?
played the far-sighted and business?
like policy that has characterized his
long career as the great developer of
the northwestern resources and the
most watchful guardian of northwest
interests."
These resolutions were adopted be?
fore Mr. Hill's arrival, but later an
attempt was made to rescind them.
This failed, however, and they stood
as the expression of the convention.
A GOOD FARM STORY.
The Charleston News and Courier is
famous for its stories of wonderful
achievements by South Carolina farm?
ers, but it has also a reputation for
reliability that causes most of these
reports to pass at par. One of the
latest of the series tells of a Mr. W.
M, Goodson, a Darlington County
farmer, who cleared above all ex?
penses last year $1,440 on two-and-a
half acres of tobacco.
We are not surprised to learn that
Mr. Goodson's phenomenal success
with his last year's tobacco patch has
caused many farmers to begin tobacco
culture. It is not probable that many
of them will make any such record as
Mr. Goodson did, but they can fall
far below that and still do mighty
well. _
There is undoubtedly much fine land
in South Carolina adapted to the pro?
duction of high-grade tobacco.
South Carolina also has some very
enterprising farmers and every time
one of them makes a remarkable hit
the News and Courier is likly to get
wind of it and make it famous.
A prominent newspaper can do much
to encourage the development of the
state in which it is published and it
can hardly find better business than is
open to it in that line.-Atlanta Jour?
nal.
CHILD "STOATS HXLLX02TS.
"My child is worth millions to. me,"
says Mrs Mary Bird of Harrisburg, Pa,
"yet I would have lost her by croup had I
not purchased a bottle of One Minute
Cough Cure." One Minute Cough Cure is
sure cure for coughs, croup and throat
and lang troubles. An absolutely safe
cough cure which acts immediately. The
youngest child can take it with entire
safety. The little ones like the taste and
remember how often it helped them. Ev?
ery family should have a bottle of One
Minute Cough Cure handy. At this sea?
son especially it may be needed 'suddenly.
J S Hughson & Co.
A Formal Offer by Canal Company
Washington, Jan. 10.-Admiral
Walker, chairman of the isthmian
canal commission today stated that he
had received a cablegram from the
officers of the Panama Canal company,
in Paris, making a formal offer to sell
all of their property in connection
with the Panama canal to the United
States for $40,000,000. M. Lampre,
the secretary general of the company,
who is in Washington, stated that the
cablegram was exjjlicit and covered all
the property owned by his company in
Panama and that a copy of the cable?
gram had been filed with the Ameri
cian ambassador in Paris. Admiral
Walker said that he would call the
members of the isthmian canal com?
mission together as soon as possible
and lay the matter before them,
when a report will be made to the
president through the secretary of
State.
A significant thing about the elec?
tion of Thomas Estrada Palma, first
president of Cuba, is that the news of
that electon was carried to him by a
New York reporter and that he gave
out his first proclamation of his inten?
tions from his home in Central Val?
ley, Orange County, where he is earn?
ing a living for his family as a school
teacher.
It is reliably stated that American
manufacturers are still treating
Hawaii as foreign territory in that
they sell goods there at a much lower
price than they do at home, and that
goods have actually been sold in
Hawaii, reshipped to this country by
the purchasers and sold at a profit in
our markets. The idea seems to be
that our manufactures must be allow?
ed to make an enormous profit at home
in order to be able to sell cheaply
abroad. Instead of the foreigner pav?
ing the tariff, the home consumer ap?
pears to pay it both a'goin' and
a'comin. '
State Labor Commissioner Yarner
says that in miscellaneous factories in
North Carolina, embracing all save
cotton and woolen mills, there are 11,
766 empdyees, of whom only -i?2 are
under 14 years of age. The average
day's work is IOU hours: highest av?
erage wages, ^2.OS a. day: lowest, 5S
cents: s-2 per cent of adult employes
can read and write, lt is clear that
the sentiment in favor of compulsory
education is overwhelming, as 84 per j
per cent of the farmers favor it.
Jackson, Miss., dan. 10.- The State
senate passed a joint resolution endors?
ing the decision of Admiral Dewey in
tiie Schley court of inquiry and de?
claring that no text books should be
used in the schools in this State
"that give to any other officer than
Admiral Sen ley credit for the victory
of Santiago." * The resolution goes to
the house for concurrence.
The State of Texas is going to star:}
an 8,000 acre farm and put 300 con?
victs to growing and making sugar
She put them in the pen for raising
Cain and will keep^them at it.
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
This preparation contains all of the
digestan ts and digests all kinds of
food. It gives instant relief and never
fails to cure. It allows you to eat all
the food you want. The most sensitive
stomachs can take it. By its use many
thousands of dyspeptics have been
cured after everything else failed. It
prevents formation oigas on the stom?
ach, relieving all distress after eating.
Dieting un necessary. Pleasant to take.
It can't help
but do you good
Prepared only by E. C. DB WITT & Co., Cbicagr
The SL bottle contains times the 50c f^yo
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Land Surveying.
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BANKS H FOYKIN,
Oct lO-o Catebail. 8 G
THE BANK OF SUMTES,
SUMTER, 8. C.
City and County Depositary
Capital stock paid in, . ? . $75.000 00
Undivided surplus, 16,000 00
Individual liability of stockholders
in excess of their s'ock, 75,000 00
Transacts a general banking nosiness : aleo
bas a Savings B?nk Department Depo?it?of
$1 and upward received Interest allowed afr
the rate of 4 .er cen-,, per aunam, paysoie
semi-annually.
W F. B. HAYNS WORTH, Presidect.
\iAEIO* MOISE, W. F. RHAMB?* ;
Vice-President. Cashier
Jan 31.
strawberry
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Our 120 page Manual, free to tay?
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them vita success and profit.
All plan ts packed to carry across the
continent fresh as when dug. Illustrated
catalogue free. Specify if you want cata?
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Sept 25-4
TO THE BOOKKEEPER:
Oo you want a flat-opening,
patent, flexible-back
Ledger, Journal or Day Book ?
We can supply
your needs in
these particulars,
And also all other needs in the
way of Blank Books, Office
Supplies and Stationery.
We buy direct from the manu?
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and quality guaranteed,
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Liberty St.
TURNIP SEED,
Onion Sets-leading
varieties.
Also assortment of Garden
Seeds.
Havana Segars*
Large line of fine Havana
Segars.
Toilet Articles.
A choice line of Toilet and
Fancy Goods to which atten?
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CH EAP EXCURSION
SCHEDULE.
LEAVE ABBIVE LEAVE
N. C. C. 1 50. S. T. C. 2 00. O. H. G. 2 50
Tcday cn all Fine "BTMs&sy.
Special Low Rates.
X. C. Corn Whisky si 50 per gal
Silver Top Corn Whisky 2 00 " *
Pride of X. C. ('ern Whisky 2 50 u "
XX Anchor live Whisky 2 50 u "
Old Henrv Rye Whisky 3 00 " "
Old Apple Brandy 3 00 u "
Old Holland Gin 2 50 u u
Send a trial order and be convinced, as
all will have a good time. This schedule
takes m the well known Silver Top at $2.
Remit by P. O. Money Order, Express
Money Order or Registered Letter in ad?
vance, as whisky cannot be shipped C. 0.
D. Train goes out every day. No charge
for jugs. Address all orders to]
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Hamlet, N. C.
dov 20-3m